Rice kheer or Rice pudding

It is a famous North Indian dessert made up of rice and milk mainly. This recipe I have learned it from my mother and it taste amazing. We usually use to cook it on Eid or any occasions and in large quantity.

Cooking time : 40 minutes

Ingredients

  1. Rice : 1/2 cup soaked for atleast 4-5hours
  2. Milk : 1 litre full cream
  3. Evaporated milk : 2 tins
  4. Sugar : as per your likeness
  5. Nuts : handful of cashews, almonds, pistachios, raisins
  6. Cardamom powder : 1/2 tsp

Method

  1. Soak the rice and blanch the almonds
  2. Now to the heavy wide pan add milk. Keep the flame at low to medium heat and keep stirring the milk so that it does not stick at the bottom.
  3. Cook for 20 minutes and it comes to boil
  4. Now grind the soaked rice and mix it in the milk. Keep stirring
  5. Cook till the rice is almost done.
  6. Now add sugar and all nuts
  7. Keep on cooking until the rice thickens. Now add cardamom and switch off the flame.
  8. Cover it up
  9. After some time refrigerate it. Serve chilled.

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